Seriously?

Flynn resigns with a letter “apologizing” for lying to the President and Vice-President, the implication being that Trump knew nothing about it. That Flynn just went and had this conversation, about the sanctions, on his own initiative – just in case, you know, he might someday be in a position to do something about them. Trump knew nothing. Poor Trump.

Just listened to a news clip of audio where John Garamendi is whining about the cost expenses for nuclear arsenal, the military and the border wall and feels that money should go to California for bridges and dams and levees (even though California politicians and government officials at the highest of levels, even at the local level, knew these problems existed but lied and wanted to waste tax dollars on other political correctness agenda costs as opposed to putting the money, the tax dollars towards on-the-ground projects that actually maintain the infrastructure).

Like the roads in Humboldt County…….they don’t get fixed until after the county sabotages the road maintenances so local government can get some sort of huge state grant funding or federal highway funding because it cost less to maintain the roads seasonally, and then if you maintain the roads……. there’s nothing to fix at a greater expense and number of prevailing wage jobs……..which means that locals can’t go after larger pools of money (roads in good condition 👎) so that locals can continue to grow the size of local government…….. so that the people that are in control at the local level can push their own ideologies and agendas upon the citizens of the county……..who get less and less self authority in their own life.

Kinda like building a home on TPZ…….nothing wrong with a concept and reality of a home on any land, marshes too, dunes too, etc…… when done appropriately for impacts, but fair and reasonable to homeowner.

Kinda like the county airport “tax dollar funded and laundered” ticket seat credit scam………now, it is about solar array fields to fund airport operations…….why……….the airport loses money, it is a toilet bowl of flushing poop for revenue generation…….personally, have an idea on revenue growth, but will refrain until such time that deems worthy.

Kinda like urban infrastructure………Flint, Michigan ring a bell? Who the hell wants to live in a Victorian that is connected to a rotting system of veins and vessels, intestines and colonary tract, clogged and eroding urinary tract……..that is Eureka, Arcata, Fortuna, Ferndale, Blue Lake and other urban areas that supply water and sewer services………a rotting system.

Spicer has an impossible task — to try to make the erratic actions of a emotionally unstable, shoot-for-the-hip, news-narrative-reactive President appear to somehow fit into a narrative of rational deliberate decision-making.

In his fantasy version of how all this went down, the President was made aware that Flynn’s account of his sanctions discussions with the Russians was inaccurate, “instinctively concluded” that there was nothing illegal about those discussions but tasked the White House Counsel to make a determination on that. Then when assured by his own lawyers that his “instinctive conclusion” was correct, he dutifully proceeded to a “different phase” of the decision-making process, dealing with “trust,” which for some reason took several weeks to complete — and that deliberative process just happened to conclude last night.

Here’s a much more likely scenario. Trump was told about the improper discussions about sanctions and that Flynn had lied to Pence and others about them, but didn’t care and blew it off (“instinctively concluded” it was no big deal), then only began to react when the media reported on Flynn’s lies, and only fired Flynn when it was leaked that the White House had been aware of the lies for weeks. In other words, the problem for Trump wasn’t the improper discussions, or even the lies about those improper discussions, it was just that the improper discussions and lies came to the attention of the public and embarrassed Trump. Which explains his Tweet today saying that the “real story” is the “illegal leaks” that led to this information coming out.

The nickname was coined by Mike Royko, the famed Chicago columnist, who in 1976 said that Mr. Brown appeared to be attracting “the moonbeam vote,” which in Chicago political parlance meant young, idealistic and nontraditional.

September 20, 2016
Governor Moonbeam Signs California Law Regulating Cow Farts
By Matthew K. Burke
California Governor Jerry Brown, also known as “Governor Moonbeam”
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“Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.” ~ Ronald Reagan

The State of California continues it’s progressive leftist slide off of the deep end with the passing and signing of a new law in the Democrat-controlled state that will attempt to regulate cow farts.

The law, passed by Democrats and signed by Governor Jerry Brown, a far-left kook nicknamed “Governor Moonbeam” for his out of this world policies, is an attempt to please the false god of global warming, a pagan mythology based on a fraudulent science that gives government the ability to do what it’s always desired — tax air.

CBS San Francisco has the report:

SACRAMENTO (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation that regulates emissions from dairy cows and landfills for the first time as California broadens its efforts to fight climate change beyond carbon-based greenhouse gases.

Brown’s move Monday targets a category of gases known as short-lived climate pollutants, which have an outsize effect on global warming despite their relatively short life in the atmosphere.

Environmentalists hope that tackling short-lived pollutants such as methane now would buy time to develop new and more affordable technology to reduce carbon emissions.

Thus far, human flatulence has not been mentioned, but just give them time.

Meanwhile, retail stocks get a boost from holiday sales and Trump business meeting.

“Brown proposed the establishment of a state space academy and the purchasing of a satellite that would be launched into orbit to provide emergency communications for the state—a proposal similar to one that was indeed eventually adopted. In 1979, an out-of-state columnist, Mike Royko, at the Chicago Sun-Times, picked up on the nickname from Brown’s girlfriend at the time, Linda Ronstadt, who was quoted in a 1978 Rolling Stone magazine interview humorously calling him “Moonbeam”.[41][42] A year later Royko expressed his regret for publicizing the nickname,[43] and in 1991 Royko disavowed it entirely, proclaiming Brown to be just as serious as any other politician.[44][45][46][47]”

Still Anonymous, Moonbeam penned in 1976 for the generation of people Moonbeam catered to for votes.

Moonbeam had no ideas his own, he just went with what the voters wanted.

Moonbeam probably also endorsed all the Apollo Missions too, certainly not innovative or to tout.

The same columnist already had the nickname going, 2 years later, Miss “Your No Good” referred to the nickname in a Rolling Stone interview. Disagree on the guy pussyfooting, typical 2 Party System shill and enabler media who probably represented the earlier phases of journalism gone rogue for liberal agendas, like today with liberal media……..expkains when media started turning, rotting into alt facts.

Royko disavowed only because “Moonbeam” became the new abnormal which made politics normalized to abnormal.

Point of order – the Oroville dam was built in the 1960s not during Governor Brown’s time in office. The planning took place in the 40s and 50s.

One thing about Brown that some conservatives have long lauded – he is and was always a fiscal conservative. He turned Reagan’s deficit into a 5 billion dollar surplus. I actually think he’s overly obsessed with balancing the budget, but only the American Conservative ever really acknowledged that accomplishment.

And yes, he did propose the satellite communication program and that did earn him the Gov. Moonbeam nickname. But it turns out he was a visionary. Also gave alternative energy a huge jump start.

brown talked the talk when running for prez in the 90’s, then proved himself to be just another rubberstamper for the status quo. oakland gentrified, the poor got the shaft, military academy.the whole nine yards. compare democrats and republicans…same coin. republocrats, more of the same on its way. what a bunch of thinkers.

Hoj – I think you might have misunderstood me. What I meant was, “Who gives a rat’s ass how he got the name?” The nickname “Moonbeam” certainly caught on and stuck after his proposals for a new kind of communication system. As Eric pointed out, he was ridiculed and the nickname was not intended as a complement.

You misunderstand…..Moonbeam did not propose jackshit on communications…..other people did who were mass voters……and communication sats were well before the 1970’s…….to imply California gubbamint had the idea for California first is funny……typical liberals……take credit for private sector ideas.

Moonbeam kook is not a fiscal conservative…..ya don’t tax or create illegal fees to create a butt fuck fund of raped resources from cherrypicking what group of society the state is going to violate up the ass…….and then claim because ya helped the budget, your not a fiscal liberal………fiscal liberals are tax collectors, fiscal conservatives allow the private sector to generate a balanced budget through profit driven taxation, job driven taxation…….not direct tariffs, taxes, fees, charges on nothing proper for business, and/ or applied to personal.

Now HOJ understands why liberals and progressives deserve a hard life economically…….they know not how to earn their keep, liberals and progressives just take take take to keep…..and if the take is a subsidy, well then, gee, time for a public funded party……..but if by hard work, the money aint fair or there, then maybe it is time some blue folks scratch their hair……